Function
While GHRP-2 is used in research to induce robust GH pulses and study anabolic and metabolic effects; clinically developed as pralmorelin for GH deficiency diagnostics6272, MOTS-c improves insulin sensitivity, enhances glycolysis, reduces oxidative stress, and shows protective effects in models of metabolic syndrome, aging, and ischemia-reperfusion injury8135146.
Mechanism
While GHRP-2 works as a second-generation hexapeptide growth hormone–releasing peptide that mimics ghrelin by agonizing GHSR-1a, strongly stimulating pulsatile GH release and modestly raising prolactin, ACTH, and cortisol62723096, MOTS-c is a 16-amino-acid mitochondrial-derived peptide that translocates to the nucleus under metabolic stress and regulates glucose and lipid metabolism largely via activation of AMPK and modulation of mTOR and folate-cycle–linked pathways854140146.
Length and Sequence
GHRP-2 is 6 amino acids long, whereas MOTS-c is longer as it has a length of 16 amino acids. GHRP-2 is made up of a sequence of Alanine, D-2-Nal, Alanine, Tryptophan, Phenylalanine, Lysine. MOTS-c is made up of a sequence of Methionine, Arginine, Tryptophan, Glutamine, Glutamic acid, Methionine, Glycine, Tyrosine, Isoleucine, Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Proline, Arginine, Lysine, Leucine, Arginine.